Why King Charles I Was Britain's Most Hated Monarch | Stuarts: Charles I | Absolute History

Professor Kate Williams studies the reign of Charles I, who succeeded James I in 1625. Hear how religious upheaval and authoritarian rule led to civil war and a beheading.
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[@SafetySpooon]

I find it truly significant that after overthrowing the King for wanting to ignore Parliament that Cromwell just went & did away with it. &, I bet, without one ounce of self-reflection.

[@lindaarrington9397]

Crazy huh

[@Loosesapphire5135]

Hypocrites do just as the accuse. Cromwell was a thieving, lying, murderer guilty of every accusation he made against Charles, which his had cult conspired to set him up to appear as if their claims were true.

[@allenraysmith6885]

Agree!❤

[@fawziekefli2273]

It's rarely mentioned that Charles I was the second-born son of James I, and was never supposed to be king in the first place.

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

Wow, they had great taste in architecture and art.

[@sissyblackwidowspider7529]

King James VI of Scotland became also King James I of England, thus combining the two thrones for the first time. The Stuart dynasty reigned in England and Scotland from 1603 to 1714, a period which saw a flourishing Court culture but also much upheaval and instability, of plague, fire and war.

[@rufusdean-el8336]

........and, he was NOT a white man?? Don't you know that? Neither was King James 1st, neither was King James' mother, of which the movie Mary Queen of Scots was made. She was NOT a "white" woman. We are now in the Era of knowing, the age of Aquarius. Just sayin

[@davemojarra4734]

And ONLY time.😂

[@kensebego199]

@@rufusdean-el8336 tf are you talking about? Lmfao.

[@loyalwestbriton5410]

@@rufusdean-el8336 we wuz kangz n shiett

[@gwendolyynpulliam8678]

@CelticSaxon88 King James of Scotland and England. The original people of both places are Brown Skinned Black People. images.app.goo.gl/HgDyBsW1DfqtH78x5 images.app.goo.gl/srPiS67GpezMXsHh7

[@jeffreyherrera5069]

Edward II: Phew.... I thought I'd be the most despised.... Glad I wasn't right about that at least. Richard II: You mean, I'm not the most hated? Richard III: Unexpected... James II/VII: How? I was deposed because I was Catholic... Edward VIII: Meh, I wasn't around long enough, so no skin off my nose.

[@lionelhutz5137]

John I: "pfff amateurs"

[@jeffreyherrera5069]

@@lionelhutz5137 Edward II: Oh, it's great-grandfather. Richard II: At least the first Richard let you rule after him and you didn't face starvation in captivity. All you had to do was sign a document. Richard III: What's it like not getting killed in battle? James II/VII: At least your nobles didn't sponsor your kids into deposing you for being a Catholic. Edward VIII: No argument here.

[@LilStampBug]

The narrator Charles Spencer is Princess Diana's brother.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

I grew up not far from where he and his sister lived. And my name is also Spencer. When you trace my family tree far enough back in time we have a common ancestor. So I’m actually related to William, of course he’s a rather distant relative lol like 14th cousin or something lol But still I got a kick out of that when I was just a boy. God save the Queen Cheers

[@thisfacebelievesyou8862]

Yes, and there were times when he’s describing the weaknesses and failings of King _Charles_ that I kind of cringed.

[@steveng2639]

Which explains why he is such a pedant twat.

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

Seriously?

[@user-ls8ks7kv8c]

@@steveng2639 He's a super nice guy. Go and visit him or even just talk to him on Twitter. Incredibly humble and obliging man, despite his wealth and status

[@pamelaevans6485]

Keep these good programs coming. Thank you.

[@lindainglis8506]

Thank you for your fascinating documentary on the Stuarts.

[@matthew-jy5jp]

This chanel is awesome. Always top full content

[@shakespearaamina9117]

Fascinating! 💕❤️❤️❤️ Thank you!

[@101MRSPICE]

You forgot to mention that Scotland via James 6th took over England, Ireland and the small country of Wales , and formed the British Empire

[@crhu319]

A political unity plan by the great Elizabeth I who gave up having heirs to achieve it.

[@Funnybriton]

@@crhu319lol

[@aalb1873]

The last Stuart pretenders are buried in St Peter Basilica in Rome. The very last from this dynasty Henry Benedict Stuart, was a Catholic Cardinal. His parents were the pretender James Francis Stuart and princess Maria Clementina Sobieska of Poland and Lithuania. Cardinal Stuart died in 1807 and the Stuart memorial monument is a work by Antonio Canova. The Stuart lived in Palazzo Muti in Rome: I don’t know if it is possible to visit.

[@dynamitekid5521]

They weren’t pretenders Sir.

[@Loosesapphire5135]

​@@dynamitekid5521 only sodomite masons speak in such a manner of my family, but never once to our faces, as their hatred for the true royals can not be contained. My grandfather, William Charles Stuart, was thee last living direct bloodline descendant of the Stuart dynasty, & he as the family is no sort of pretenders to a thing. Rhetoric from hypocrites with fragile egos as is their masonic cult of thieves & murderers is just that.

[@SniffyPoo]

this is pretty well done.

[@theq4602]

Old king Charles's legacy for going his own way would live on as the colony named in his honor (Carolina) would also try to go its own way in 1860.

[@crhu319]

Ending equally well!

[@christinec7892]

I have way more sympathy for Charles

[@ddrake4747]

PoppyCOCK. Lincoln held "title" as Esquire, which was prohibited by the ORIGINAL and still in effect, 13th Amendment, that was obscured with BULLOX with supposedly "freeing the slaves". The same slaves who were then ENSLAVED by the 14th Amendment, along with every other color of man, under (t)he United States of America, Inc., and UNITED STATES INC., who were the British Territorial and Papal Municipal Governmental Services Subcontractors to our "Republic". They assumed control BY FRAUD after the Civil War, which was their intent in fomenting it, along with stealing our resources. Their Fraud scheme never made black slaves the PEOPLE. It called them "Persons", "Residents" and "citizens" only having "privileges", but not called FREE MEN. Look up the "Legal" definitions of those terms. WE THE PEOPLE are not We the "(c)itizens". WE THE PEOPLE have "God-given Unalienable Rights", Not "PRIVILEGES" - unless we are "U.S. Citizens", which we have all been brainwashed to believe we are. We aren't. We were born as "State Nationals" - ALL OF US, in America. Until our mother was duped into signing our Birth Certificate/TRUST Bond saying we were U.S. Citizens. We then became British/Papal SUBJECTS. Believing we possess Constitutional Guarantees, and allowed to do so. But we don't. Not in their Sea Jurisdiction, that they UN-LAWFULLY Converted us to. Like a snake hiding under a rock, to strike. Lincoln was NEVER President of the actual Republic of (T)he United States of America, the actual true Government of the People, our Republic - which still exists in the People themselves. He was President of a CORPORATION with the name, United States of America, Inc., which was bankrupt around 1900, then reformed into another FRAUD until 1933 when they turned us all into Chattel traded on the Stock Market - through the Birth Certificate/BOND. Lincoln did this and the States could not participate in his Scheme of FRAUD - induced and orchestrated by his British/Vatican Banker Cabal masters, who have robbed America ever since and assumed control over our Nation's wealth. This is really what happened. Lincoln was a Traitor that destroyed our Republic on behalf of the Brits and Vatican, who own the Printing presses, Newspapers, and Media that withheld the truth and obscure it with lies. That is why we have been rendered IGNORANT, and believe a line of total BS. Now we live in their Matrix of LIES, which their Media control gives them power to make people believe. Find a History book from before around 1900. Study the National Archives during the Civil War and around that time, of the accounts from the People at that time, themselves. Entirely different scene. LIES are what we now hold as truth. Wickedness will soon pay it's dues.

[@jonathonpullon6582]

Man this is a great documentary series. Thank you so much for uploading it. I wish I had access to British channels to watch these documentaries. The blonde woman who is the host looks just like another blonde female host whi does these British documentaries. Same hair cut and everything. Very interesting.

[@TheWedabest]

Your thinking of Suzannah Lipscomb.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

The one that does the deadly kitchen of the Tudors and what was killing Victorian housewives etc?

[@jonathonpullon6582]

@@TheWedabest yes that's the one! I like her better honestly. I feel as if the woman in this documentary is even stealing her stlye and look and approach. It's really odd

[@jonathonpullon6582]

@@prepperjonpnw6482 yep. I perfer her between these two. And it feels almost like this one is stealing her stlye and look.

[@TheWedabest]

@@jonathonpullon6582 I can see that. I have seen more shows with suzannah, so I'm use to her more. The lady in this show is a few years older than the other one, but they do kinda look alike! I don't mind either. But probably prefer suzannah Lipscomb just a little more and she is prettier.

[@gailhandschuh1138]

Katie Williams has a voice that is easy on the ears and an appearance that is easy on the eyes.

[@Zeldarw104]

Yup! I like her alot always say that!🙂

[@kevinanderson4445]

gloria commenting; and one of the men standing on the scaffold picked up the severed head and flung it down with such force that it bounced and then rolled several feet. Brave man that. Yes indeed.

[@crhu319]

4:29 was his undoing, the Pope made the Queen an anathema... Should never have pushed her to manipulate religious politics like that. It was Charles undoing & ultimately the end of equal status for Catholics in England. But I guess Popes gonna pope. The "anti-Calvinist reforms" 20:14 were him trying to start a Protestant on Protestant war.

[@Zeldarw104]

Excellent!!!

[@Inpreesme]

Get ready for so many commercials that it makes this unwatchable

[@msbrowngault]

Drag the red dot to the end, hit cancel & then 🔄 replay *sometimes an ad will pop up after clicking cancel, just skip it & proceed to 🔄

[@LisaAnderson-fe3uj]

Get Ad Block and stop complaining.

[@Elleoaqua]

in an older history book, they predicted no monarch of England would EVER name an heir Charles. Prophetic, considering how sketch Charles is, and how he'll probly never be King

[@youwhat.]

Aged like milk

[@London_miss234]

He’s King now

[@jerryodell1168]

King Charles I is the reason a lot of family lines are elsewhere.

[@GaryHalloway48]

What do you mean?

[@tore3831]

Why is there a painting showed at 38:44 of the death of Gustav II Adolphus in Leipzig in 1632 when discussing the death toll of the English Civil War?

[@jaybee4118]

Bad research or they ran out of exciting war paintings.

[@Exodus26.13Pi]

I feel sorry for the actors.

[@theq4602]

Hold on Wasn't john the most hated king?

[@pab4435]

Nearly 400 years later and still I believe the ship tax is justified

[@OrchestrationOnline]

"Britain's Most Hated Monarch..." More hated than bad King John, so detestable that no heir to the throne would henceforth be named "John"? More hated than Queen Mathilda, or Richard III? Or Bloody Mary? I would argue that James II, that nincompoop of a brother to Charles II, also is a contender. The fact that Charles I was the only king to be executed by order of Parliament isn't necessarily enough to categorically make him most hated. Hatred of monarchs can be very nuanced.

[@Loosesapphire5135]

These sodomites know he was not hated but loved, & since this ruling masonic cult is guilty of conspiring against him to end the monarchy, they need to perpetrate him as hated. Also their making sure to mention he was weak, when in factthat was not true at all as well. These liars will do all they can to disguise the truth with their vile lies.

[@allenraysmith6885]

Great documentary!! Thanks for posting! If only King Charles had given Parliament some things he could have remained King. 😢😢😢

[@d.m.collins1501]

If I took acid and then watched this, I think the cheap facial hair would make my head explode.

[@SK-le1gm]

Thanks

[@timofeimitiuriev3944]

What is the soundtrack between 33:46 and 37:44?

[@debrarodriguez3193]

1:07 “...inherited the throne from his mother, Mary Queen of Scots.” Absolutely untrue. Queen Elizabeth made him her heir. Mary was never queen of England.

[@carinafourie9119]

Inherited his blood claim to the throne through his mother, Mary Queen of Scots and his father, Lord Darnley. Both descended from Margaret Tudor.

[@debrarodriguez3193]

Carina Fourie Of course. Still, Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded in 1587 on the order of Queen Elizabeth, who NAMED James as her heir in 1603. It’s impossible to inherit something from someone who never possessed it.

[@doodo018]

@@debrarodriguez3193 Actually, Elizabeth never named James her heir. When she died he was the nearest relation to her (through Mary) with the most noble blood who wasn't Catholic, so English statesmen chose him as the natural successor.

[@davemojarra4734]

@@carinafourie9119 We know this, but this was not said by the narrator.😂

[@cerberus6654]

Elizabeth died without naming ANYONE as her heir. But she wasn't entirely stupid. It's presumed she knew members of her Privy Council were working behind her back on getting James onboard. But Elizabeth spent her whole life knowing that the moment she married that she would be eclipsed - the moment she named James, she might be quickly assassinated.

[@ruk3d]

😍😍😍😍😍 The documentary great as well)

[@rickvassell8349]

👩‍🦰

[@Loosesapphire5135]

Great with lies & deception.

[@mkb8529]

This video reminds me that I’m trash lol I’ve never watched a video with so many fancy pants words that I don’t know the definition...

[@christophernettles2468]

Can anyone tell me the name of the background music that starts at about 8:12 and ends about 9:05 ?

[@cerberus6654]

I listened twice and the most I can tell is that I think it's something by Purcell.

[@miaw.5819]

4:30 the original gelled baby hairs. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@temikabutts79]

Lol!

[@aikolactaotao]

Watching this now that another Charles is king.

[@RossLinderman]

Isn't that mirror that Sir Richard is holding at 10:38 an anachronism?

[@jonathonpullon6582]

Anyone know of anyway someone in the states can stream or watch British documentaries like this

[@annettefournier9655]

Yes, get a different VPN from a service. It will place you anywhere in the world and unblock access.

[@cerberus6654]

If you hadn't had your American Rebellion (I think you call it a 'Revolution') then this wouldn't be a problem, would it?

[@msbrowngault]

Britbox. Not expensive, or dailymotion

[@msbrowngault]

@@annettefournier9655 how?

[@annettefournier9655]

@@msbrowngault look up Nord VPN. It's a subscription service out of Panama. After purchasing, you just turn on the app.

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

Olwynn seriously sounds like a sassier snape... Either way, one thing is proven... Rank and books are best investments😁... I mean, Wynn House is lucky to have two harmonious sides of brain and folly...

[@eve2124]

the woman talking has such a strong voice resemblance to Leliana from Dragon Age

[@mustardyellow2114]

i am the decedent of sir john wynn

[@Rand0mstuff-]

Same that’s my decedent too and all the other Charles’s

[@mustardyellow2114]

@@Rand0mstuff- whats up cuz..

[@Loosesapphire5135]

I descend of the King & royal house of Stuarts. This is my family, & their lies against them as history is si.ply his story, the victors tale.

[@TheHarlequinBand]

Far too many adds on your videos...

[@msbrowngault]

Drag the red dot to the end, hit cancel & then 🔄 replay *sometimes an ad will pop up after clicking cancel, just skip it & proceed to 🔄

[@ericnorman5237]

Curious: what did France get out of the marriage?

[@msbrowngault]

How did he have rickets?🤨

[@thegoat5375]

This was the last king with true power ?

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

Rather tried to...

[@Bklyn93]

@CelticSaxon88 No, Charles II, his son, reigned without Parliament, and James II also was an absolute monarch. He just wasn't as good a politician as brother which is why he was deposed. But James II was the last absolute Monarch of Britain. William & Mary had power, just not as much as the Tudors and Stuarts had. The monarch didn't start to become a true figurehead until George I. The last Monarch to hold any real political power and the ability to influence events as a political person was George III.

[@Loosesapphire5135]

Yes, he was the last true King to have sovereignty, where after Cromwells masonic cult succeeded in murdering Charles for the stealing of the crown & throne, they concocted common wealth to pretend the people now have the power of the King. A complete farce, which we are still clearly under this exact same grand deception today. It cons the masses into believing they have ultimate authority when they're actually held captive in thos world wide prison system labeled as government.

[@e.jenima7263]

I wish they would have left out the Gwidiear castle and there family crap , like why did they have to add this ? its just irritateing!

[@Loosesapphire5135]

Family crap. You wish, as if you hating truth or denying it every changed it 🤣 truth never gave Hal a rats azz about fragile egos & weak wills.

[@daisuke6072]

Actually he wasn't - by at least half the country.

[@AP-vo7hz]

Catholic king of a Pwotestant countwy.

[@justastrider3252]

Is that your interpretation of an English accent in text form?

[@shevandy55]

Says Tweety Bird 😎

[@justastrider3252]

@dirt man do you enjoy being dirty?

[@davemojarra4734]

Hilawious.

[@duchessedeberne3909]

Hahaha

[@chloemcqueen910]

The design is very... Charles.

[@davidcrittenden5661]

The Stuarts lived, it was the bigotry against Catholics that set the stage for England's current state of totalitarianism. "Use your hate Luke."

[@crhu319]

Were these ridiculous ruffs to keep lice from your hair and wig out of your clothes?

[@josephmarzullo]

I would’ve been the best king ever

[@mortalclown3812]

James I inherited the throne of England from Elizabeth I, not Mary Queen of Scots. Whatever claim Mary might have had matter not in the corridors of time; if you're going to make a video, facts rock.

[@AnthonyLeighDunstan]

I'm sure she's lovely but I can't stand another second of her nawwation. It's like listening to Jonathan Ross' slightly more articulate younger sister.

[@charleskeefer3756]

Off horse, knock and dens omit the right to play with all of this and that.

[@rickvassell8349]

Brains and beauty, maybe next life.

[@crhu319]

Elizabeth I, Victoria, Elizabeth II all had those. And so will Victoria II probably when the time comes for her! 🤣

[@patsimpson7834]

Only hated by around half of the population - hence the civil war.

[@radwulfeboraci7504]

King Donald the 1st of the United Kingdom of America should take notes.

[@duchessedeberne3909]

I smell roasted duck

[@msbrowngault]

Shi-yatttt!!!

[@Alusnovalotus]

25:00 - 26:03 trump's tirade on "fake news" and his tweet storms

[@hildacalderon4951]

She speaks to fast! Sorry

[@shakiMiki]

WTF is going on with the presenter. What a demented style. Did the director even look at this?

[@xafidafitheman5832]

First!

[@Annasea666]

xafidafi the man nobody cares

[@xafidafitheman5832]

Anna KW true...

[@catchmeifyoucan8684]

Is it her accent which makes 'r' sound as 'w' or does she have a minor speech impediment? asking just out of curiosity. Not to offend.

[@davemojarra4734]

Minor? She's incapable of pronouncing the letter r.

[@cerberus6654]

Well, she has a massive overbite to begin with. But she also has traces of what is called Received Pronunciation - meaning a way of speaking English popular with the BBC but not for ages. So, it's her overbite then!

[@simonsez464]

@@davemojarra4734 Like Lucy Worsley.

[@sophieblue6289]

BarryLyndon I thought all British people were incapable of pronouncing the letter ‘r’

[@simonsez464]

@@sophieblue6289 Go to Yorkshire or Cornwall if you think that.

[@EarlFaulk]

It really isnt that hard to grasp as a modern person if you were raised by Christian fundamentalists like me.....the tribalism created by religion allows bigotry to thrive

[@razileeligaray7207]

Super duper agree

[@jamesphillips5295]

This video proves that religin is the root of all evil.

[@loyalwestbriton5410]

@Max Powers OK satanist.

[@Alusnovalotus]

16:22 - 17:14 Guy in black = republicans Guy in beige = democrats 18:17 - 19:09 guy in beige = house of representatives guy in black = senate is trump playing by King Charles' playbook??? seems like it. revolution, here we come.

[@withalldeliberatespeed3954]

King James and Charles Were Black, Stop The Lies.

[@a.d.morton4624]

How did King James, King Charles 1 & King Charles 2; end up painted Caucasian? Weren't they Moor's?

[@seraphthegatekeeper]

Anisia Morton they were Scots, not Moors.

[@kensebego199]

They were Scots smh you've been reading those Afrocentric sources.

[@Mistahhuntah]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@msbrowngault]

Perhaps mediterranean ancestry? Idk. Doesn't look black to me😕

[@Loosesapphire5135]

My family is Scottish, the true birth rights inheritors of Scotland.

[@michaelmason4917]

If you can't pronounce certain words, please do not become a narrator. I can't even watch this.

[@kathleenchristian8020]

Why do you assume you are the one who speaks correctly?

[@Loosesapphire5135]

Between her narration, the lies they tell about my family & worst of all this atrocious acting that's indicative of corny freemasons is most intolerable.

[@shevandy55]

The Stuart’s were Black. Just saying.

[@divaofthedamned365]

What?

[@kensebego199]

Either this is bait or you're legitimately stupid. Why would Scottish Noblemen be black? Lmfao... y'know what forget I even asked.

[@kathleenchristian8020]

The Stuarts were not black, but would have been lucky to been so.

[@Loosesapphire5135]

We're not black, we're Scottish, gas lighter. The moors who conquered Italy are, having made all the Italian mixed.